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Re: Convert

>I think the TI-85 has a problem to convert Celcius to Farenheit!
>
>Some results from my TI
>
>20C=68F  OK
>10C=50F  OK
>0C=32F    OK
>-1C=-33.8F wrong!!!!!!!!!
>-10C=-50F  wrong!!!!!!!!
>and so on

that's because negation comes after conversion on the order of operations
on a ti-calc.  you're telling the calculator -(1C->F), not (-1) C->F


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